Definition of spur

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Spur (n.) Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg..

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Septulate :: Septulate (a.) Having imperfect or spurious septa.
Spur :: Spur (n.) A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles..
Apocryphal :: Apocryphal (a.) Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.
Irreptitious :: Irreptitious (a.) Surreptitious; spurious.
Bee Larkspur :: Bee larkspur () (Bot.) See Larkspur.
Upspurner :: Upspurner (n.) A spurner or contemner; a despiser; a scoffer.
Ecaudate :: Ecaudate (a.) Without a tail or spur.
Conspurcate :: Conspurcate (v. t.) To pollute; to defile.
Jet :: "Jet (n.) A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet..
Creeper :: Creeper (n.) A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often telegraph creepers..
Bicalcarate :: Bicalcarate (a.) Having two spurs, as the wing or leg of a bird..
Spurgall :: Spur (v. i.) To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit..
Offset :: Offset (n.) A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
Spur-winged :: Spurway (n.) A bridle path.
Spurned :: Spurling-line (n.) The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.
Spur :: Spur (n.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut..
Kick :: Kick (v. i.) To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence, figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn..
Follicle :: Follicle (n.) A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed..
Sourt :: Spurt (v. t.) To throw out, as a liquid, in a stream or jet; to drive or force out with violence, as a liquid from a pipe or small orifice; as, to spurt water from the mouth..
Spurgewort :: Spurge (n.) Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See Euphorbia.
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